Reference Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cluster Hardware Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . 11
Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 11
Cabling the Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Cabling Your Cluster for Public and 
Private Networks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cabling the Public Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cabling the Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
NIC Teaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cabling the Storage System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 Preparing Your Systems for 
Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cluster Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installation Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the Fibre Channel HBAs
. . . . . . . . . . . 27